Yesterday I woke up at 3.30am to catch my flight from Auckland to Sydney for a week of training on the Sydney Olympic course in Penrith. Things got off to a shaky start when to my disappointment, Virgin Australia left my kayak in Auckland. How you forget to load a 3.5m kayak onto an aircraft is beyond me as it is not exactly inconspicuous. Well, its not good to dwell on these things and I made my way to Penrith, borrowed a kayak and paddles managing to get onto the white water for my scheduled training that afternoon. Two sessions down I am loving it. It is good being in the mix again with so many people over here training and the quality of the course and training venue.
I am hoping (perhaps praying) that my boat will be delivered this afternoon and all will be good again.
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Olympic blog post as well as all the other athlete ambassadors. I love reading their blogs and there is so much going on in the world of NZ sport.
I am back to NZ next week to race the NZ Open in Mangahao and the NZ selection race in Kawerau.
I hope everybody had a great Christmas and that the New Year has started well.
Luuka